Improvement in sweats for hats



` Paz-ene" Se Inventor.

UNITED.' ''S'TAT-Es .PATENT OFFICE.

BNJAMIN W. FA'Y, or' nostros, MASSACHUSETTS.'

f IMPRoveMr-.NT INSWEATS- FOR MA1-ls."v

Specification forming parttof Lettnrs Patent. No. 36.344. :(latedfSeptember'Q, A1862. l

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Be it known that I, BENJAMIN W.' FAY, of

A. Boston, in'thecounty of Suii'olkpand State of Massachusetts, have'invented and Improved Ornamentall Sweat' for Hats and Caps, of-

whichthe `following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, makingpart of this speciiieation, in which Figuresl, 2, 3, 4, and'arerepresentations of old and well-linown'v methods .of-securing the sweat to the hat, Figs. 6, 7, 8, and 9 rep,-

resenting my improved method, which will Inew be -more fully set forthand described.

Figs.. ll and 2 represent a: felt hat having the'swje'" tache'dinja"weltknown 'man-ner.

the sweat- "A which'is turned up .outA of the 4hat' shows :its position While being sewed in.

It is,-t then turned down Ainto the hat in the Aposition represented in'Fig. 3, in which vbv represents the hat and cthesweatleather.

From this fgure,l'whieh isa section upon the line X X of Fig.1,`it will be seen that the I i' stitches are entirely covered over by thesweat; l leather and do not come in contact with the ever, unsightly, and is consequently employed only for the' cheaper gradeot' hats. For better hats the more ornamental method shown in Figs. et` and is generally` adopted, the' sweat B being sewed overv and over bythe stitches l e, which also confine a small. ornamethod of secui'ingthe sweat to the hat, though ornamen-taL-is'liable to two grave objections:

First, the expense is more than ldouble that' v represented in Figs-..1 to 3; second, the stitches come immediately in contact with the head and lead the perspiration through upon the .mental cord, f. (Seen inredin Fig. 5,4 which. ,is a section upon the line Y Yof Fig. '4.) This outside of the hat, which thereby soon `be-v comes discolored.'. l

My improved sweat, which is highly 4ornamental, is at thesame -time free from the Obv jections to which 'the others are liable, and is very economical. The sweat is prepared, as' represented in' Fig'. '6, lay-'running an ornamental seamI with a Grover di Baker orv other sewingfmachine a yshort distan ee from one edge.

The sweat is then sewedto -the hatv by long stitches, z', Fig. 7. in a manner similar to that v'represented :in Figs `1, 2, and 3,' the stitches by which the sweat is attached bleing placed directly below the lineof ornamental stitches,

as seen in Fig.- 7 The sweati's then turned downinto the hat', 'asseen'in Fig.v 8; "The ornaf,

mental seamy g, Figs.8 and9, wh.ich lies just'. at the junction of the hat and the sweatgmakes a very ornamentaland neat -inishf There-are no stitches to lead the perspiration throughtov the 'front of the hat, while the cost,.of. the operation is very small compared with that rep- Vresented in Figs.'4'and 5.

Fig'. 9 is an enlarged section upon the line Z Z of Fig'. 8, h representing the felt hat, lathe sweat, g the ornamental seam, and i thesti-tches by which. the sweat'is secured to the hat.

. 'In lieuof the ornamental seam represented inv Fig. 6, anyother may be employedfor eic-l ample, an ornamental cord orbrai'd maybe sewed to the sweat-as the peculiar nature of this seam forms no part of my present invention.

Thus far I hav'e described my inventionas particularly applicable to felt hats. lt is obvious, however, that it may be applied L' toother hats, as wellasjto caps.

What I claim as my inventomfand desire to A. secure by Letters Patent, -is-` VThe sweat herein described, prepared with Ian ornamental seam, g y, and secured to the hatin the manner substantiallyas set forth.

\"{'itnesscs:

SAM. COOPER, P. E.. TESCHEMACHER.

A BENJAMIN W. FAY. 

